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Bermuda gained 523 jobs from 2018 to 2019, to a figure of 34,378 working last year.
The figures were among the 2020 employment briefs released on Tuesday by Wayne Furbert, the Minister for the Cabinet Office.
The briefs showed job figures climbing, y...
DATE: Sep 10, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Premier encouraged young Bermudians yesterday to get more involved in politics as he announced the Progressive Labour Party’s latest candidates for the General Election.
David Burt — who unveiled Arianna Hodgson and Davida Morris to compete for s...
DATE: Sep 10, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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The One Bermuda Alliance leader asked yesterday if the Premier wanted to hide a fundraising event from his supporters.
Craig Cannonier questioned whether David Burt, the Progressive Labour Party leader, was “embarrassed”.
TNN reported this week that...
DATE: Sep 10, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A One Bermuda Alliance candidate said yesterday that his roots and family ties meant that he cared about the neighbourhood where he hopes to become an MP.
Tarik Smith will fight to fill the seat in Warwick South East, which was won by the Progressive...
DATE: Sep 10, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
An international scholarship programme will have a networking and information-sharing event this month for people in pursuit of a Master’s degree.
Chevening, a UK-based organisation, will hold the event at Government House in Pembroke on September 30...
DATE: Sep 10, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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The island’s private schools have introduced strict Covid-19 safety precautions for the new school year.
Warwick Academy, Saltus Grammar School and the Bermuda High School outlined the steps they had taken to protect pupils and staff.
These include c...
DATE: Sep 09, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Prosecutors ruled there was not enough evidence to press criminal charges against two teenagers in connection with an attack on lambs last year, it has been revealed.
The news came after the two were arrested in April 2019 in the wake of a social-med...
DATE: Sep 09, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A drama teacher will be centre stage for the Bermuda Union of Teachers for the whole of the new school year.
The BUT executive said that Nishanthi Bailey, who teaches at Dellwood Middle School in Pembroke, had become full-time president of the union....
DATE: Sep 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Thousands of Bermudians left jobless by the Covid-19 pandemic will be targeted in a series of back-to-work programmes, the labour minister has vowed.
Jason Hayward said a three-pronged strategy of unemployment reduction, prevention of future unemploy...
DATE: Sep 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The leader of the country’s newest political force set out its stall for voters at the weekend.
Marc Bean, a founder and head of the Free Democratic Movement and a former leader of the Progressive Labour Party, said the party was designed to maintain...
DATE: Sep 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall